The site will be marketed for potential commercial, leisure or residential development

Bridgend County Borough Council's Sunnyside offices will be put up for sale later this month

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Bridgend County Borough Council’s Sunnyside office, near Bridgend town centre, will be put up for sale later this month.

The five-storey office block next to Bridgend Magistrates’ Court, pictured, will be sold for a range of potential development opportunities including commercial, leisure or residential.

Savills has been appointed as the agent for the sale of the 3.37-acre site.

Despite being put up for sale, the Sunnyside office will remain open to the public until spring 2015 for inquiries related to social services, school admissions and other services.

From spring, the services currently based at Sunnyside will be relocated to the Civic Offices on Angel Street.

The council’s Ty’r Ardd building next to the Sunnyside office will not be affected by any sale and will continue to register births, deaths and marriages.

Council leader Mel Nott said: “Selling Sunnyside is a key part of our plan to move from having three main offices in Bridgend town centre to two.

“We can accommodate the staff from Sunnyside in the Civic Offices, while a number of staff are currently being moved between the Civic and our Ravens Court office, which can be found next to the Brewery Field. The sale of Sunnyside will allow us to make much more efficient use of office space and achieve significant financial savings.

“I have spoken before about how the current budget is the most challenging one that Bridgend County Borough Council has ever had to set. We have therefore developed a medium-term financial strategy to protect essential frontline services and the savings made following the sale of Sunnyside, as well as the receipt gained from it, will all contribute to this.”

He added: “I am pleased to confirm that Savills has been appointed as the agent to market the office.

“Residents who regularly need to visit the Sunnyside office should carry on doing so for the time being, while I would like to reassure people who live around the site that we will continue to keep them informed of any developments.”

The authority is also selling empty offices at Glanogwr Road in Bridgend and wants to sell off the old police station on John Street in Porthcawl, the current home of the town’s museum and arts society.